JAN. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 95

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the National Bank of New Zealand, Limited in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1889.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation £ s. d.
Bills in circulation 101,735 9 5
Balances due to other Banks 5,264 15 5
Government deposits 14,316 0 10
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest 362,712 11 8
Bearing interest 780,541 7 5
Total average liabilities ..£1,264,570 4 9

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals 203,503 17 5
Gold and silver in bullion or bars 17,724 10 6
Notes and bills of other Banks 3,244 12 1
Balances due from other Banks 9,952 3 1
Landed property 88,380 12 1
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted 340,247 0 0
2. Colonial Government securities ..
3. Other funded securities ..
4. Debts due to the Bank exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) 1,252,991 14 7
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads 12,083 12 10
   Total average assets ..£1,928,128 2 7

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st December, 1889, £250,000.

Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 2½ per cent. for half-year ended 31st March, 1889.

Amount of the last dividend declared, £6,250.

Amount of the reserved profits at 31st March, 1889 (date of last published balance-sheet), £11,386 8s. 8d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 15th day of January, 1890.

W. DYMOCK, General Manager.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended the 31st December, 1889.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation £ s. d.
Bills in circulation 106,212 9 2
Balances due to other Banks 4,275 10 7
Government deposits 1,379 1 0
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest 333,227 12 3
Bearing interest 871,888 3 0
Total average liabilities ..£1,316,982 16 0

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals 185,351 14 0
Gold and silver in bullion or bars 17,299 4 4
Notes and bills of other Banks 2,442 15 9
Balances due from other Banks 36,509 6 1
Landed property 99,012 12 7
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted 380,202 16 2
2. Colonial Government securities 100,000 0 0
3. Other funded securities ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) 1,443,957 15 11
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads 27,284 4 11
   Total average assets ..£2,292,060 9 9

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st December, 1889, £400,000.

Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 7 per cent.

Amount of the last dividend declared, £14,000.

Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £68,361 0s. 9d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 14th day of January, 1890.

H. MACKENZIE, General Manager.

H. ADAM, Accountant.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Crown Lands in Taranaki.

Crown Lands Office,

New Plymouth, 10th December 1889.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the Crown Lands Office, New Plymouth, at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, the 29th January next.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.